. >> 80 miles an hour around the top of the racetrack, mud flying, driver's arms flailing. it's insane. >> and if sprint car racing is insane from mike's vantage point, imagine how insane it is to drive. >> just think of the scariest thing you've ever done ever in your life, holding on for dear life, and it almost takes somebody a little crazy to do these, to drive these things. >> number 4 driver tony jones has sprint car racing in his blood. his father was also a driver, and during the course of his 16 years of professional racing, tony's had his share of crashes. >> one of my worst crashes, the car is a little too tight, you know, flipped pretty good, hit the cage on the ground, and next thing you know i woke up in a c.a.t. scan. you don't know if you're in a coffin, talking to god or what's really going on. >> there are many challenges in this sport and the potential for danger is great. sprint car racing is done on dirt tracks which makes it very different from pavement racing. track owners go to great lengths to keep the track moist and sticky to enable drivers the si

it's very interesting. >> reporter: the racetrack is a geological curiosity.hifting boulders leave skid marks in the cracked mud. but to get there, you need to go off the paved highway, onto jagged back roads. >> we drove for, like, ten miles, i would say and never saw the racetrack. never really saw anything. >> reporter: turning around, the women come to teakettle junction, a dirt intersection where a number of unmarked roads cross. here is where their day trip begins to turn into a very bad trip. >> at the end of that ten miles, we whereabout back where we began. that's when i said, well, we went the wrong way. let's put the gps on and get back on the right road. >> drive .8 miles on dirt road on left. >> reporter: nell begins dispatching directions with the confidence of a digital brain. >> drive .2 miles to intersection on right. >> we were kind of like getting aggravated with nell because she was, like, taking us nowhere. >> reporter: getting lost like this in death valley has a nasty history. legend has it the park got its name during the california gol

headlights westbound 80, east shore freeway off of the racetrack. racetrack towards berkeley. good volume but you're at the limit. >> people up and out the door. >>> 5:38. do not feed the ducks. peninsula city considering a new ban. >>> football players for one south bay high school may not abbe a to take to the field this fall. >>> live look at washington, d.c., where in a few hours there will be a special ceremony to remember the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. a look at the mlk jr. memorial there. a live preview, next. >>> free at last. free at last. thank god almighty, free at last. >> in just a few hours, america's first african-american president will take those very same steps and give his own speech. a special tribute to dr. king. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live at the national mall with a preview of what we will hear in a few hours good morning. >> reporter: talk about pressure, the president will stand in the spot to connect the past to the present and the future when it comes to where we've come from and where we're headed as a society. and they

. >> but the most popular attractions is the racetrack. >> with small scales and cars capable of speedf 40 miles per hour. >> general manager tells me it is a snag that the company's agreement is puttin break into the family's fun. this park is sitting on off of 101 free way. >> and the location has touched so many people throughout the years. >> people are sad to see the park shut down. >> just remind you how long you have been around and how things are changed and how they're still changing. >> it is long time fans to tell me their memories will last for a long time. in redwood city, kron 4 news. >>> still ahead giants out in the ball field, sports coming up. >>> the new kron 4 news app is super handy, all tough do is download it. just grab your phone or ipad and click on the app store. it can be google play or apple itunes, just search for kron 4 news. once you have it, here is what you get. all you have to do is touch on one to get what you want. there is no hugging or pecking to find something. right up top, is the latest news. there is traffic, and weather and plus you can also s

an event called the great bull run took place today at a quarter mile racetrack in -- wait for it --sburg, virginia. and guess who was there? kathy pierce. here she is, all in one piece, and kathy, you look way too good to have run with the bulls this morning. >> i cleaned up a little while afterwards, so yeah. i didn't quite look like this after the race. >> oh, my goodness, so how did it go and why in the world did you want to do this? >> it was so exciting. i love action-packed sports. i love nascar. go, denny hamlin. but i love sports, and this gave me the opportunity to do something that i've always watched on tv. so i just -- i did think about the danger of it, but then i just went for it. >> okay. so you watched the running of the bulls, pamplona, you see it on videotape, and you've always said to yourself, i kind of want to do that, i just don't want to go to spain? >> exactly. i can't afford to go to spain right now. >> how did you prepare yourself? did you train in any way? did you get special shoes? did you read up on anything? what is your strategy? >> well, i did buy new

the park first opened in 1979, and is home to the largest single racetrack in the bay area. the grand prix also featured miniature golf, batting cages and video game. the general manager says the entertainment center has not been making money. >>> a tree is dripping some sort of liquid in front of a fresno church and some catholics believe it's the tears of god. take a look. on wednesday this tree started dropping something like water. a small but growing group of believers thinks the prayers brought on this miracle. an arborist says it isn't water but a naturing process, likely waste from a bug. the parishioners stand by their belief that when you say the words glory be to god the tree throws out more water. >> let's get to leigh glaser for a check on the forecast. a little warmup today. >> leigh: actually managed a few 80s inland, tomorrow, close to 90 degrees. the live doppler 7hd showing you the low clouds and fog burned back and are now moving back in. that will be the store overnight. some gusty winds out of the west. sfo, up to 25. napa, winds out of the west as well,

. >> a driver's on a racetrack when another car starts to -- >> pass him by quickly -- >> what went evenaster ndshield. >> good evening, eve

. >>> a racetrack traded in fast cars for another kind of speed today. thousands of people paid $75 each to take part in the great bull run. it was held at a drag racing strip near richmond, virginia. it's modeled after the famous event in spain. >> i didn't trust as much as my speed. >> i was just ready to go. they're like wait for the bulls. i'm like, i'm going now. >> veterinarians kept tabs. fences allowed runners to get out safely. yeah, i don't know. >> do you know who was roaming around richmond speedway as a little boy? >> no. >> me. >> my hometown. those are my people. >> you going to go back to run with the bulls some time soon? >> got your baseball wrap up coming up. a nice one for the giants. it was coco crisp living large earlier in the day in baltimore. ,,,,,,,,,,,, female narrator: it's posturepedic versus beautyrest it's posturepedic versus beautyrest with up to $400 off. serta icomfort and tempur-pedic go head-to-head with three years' interest-free financing. mattress price wars are on now at sleep train. ♪ your ticket to a better night

. >> a driver's on a racetrack when another car starts to -- >> pass him by quickly -- >> what went evenaster right thugthe ndshield. >> good evening, everybody. >> norm! >> it's where super hero sidekicks go in their downtime. but the star behind the bar is really -- >> bobby from "snl." >> his power didn't really help him. >> he became a bar owner. >> plus, how to free a hand from a feloniuos monk fish. >> and why you should never judge a baller by his shirt and tie. >> how he got schooled by some mormon missionarys. >>> yo, today is august 5th, 2013. this verse is clean and mean. the police think i'm a thief. t that's why right now literally they're outside my house. >> this is 19-year-old josh jackson. and police are outside his house. ft. collins, kcolorado, police showed up, not just police, an entire s.w.a.t. team. >> my roommates done did it. done thought that i was a misfit. but i don't really give a [ bleep ] because i shut the lights out. >> continues rapping about who he is. >> i'm going to be [ bleep ] trying to run for the white house because i love america. i'm a patriot. i'll

malibu grand pri >> it is the final lap for a popular bay area racetrack.y have been offering mini golf since 1979. tonight it is closing for good, leaving a lot of people disappointed. >> the lease came up and we weren't able to come to any agreement that would allow us to stay. >> we don't know what will become of the property off of u.s. highway 101. it is zoned for industrial use. closing time for the malibu grand prix is 8:00 p.m. if you want to go check it out one last time. we will miss seeing that along the highway. i never actually went there but i like it as a site. >> it is a landmark there. it reminds me of the closing of another famous child amusement park in the bay area. you won't know this. you might. remember frontier village. >> no. >> it's down where ibm is in san jose. it was a western themed thing. my parents took us there it was so sad -- you remember it, right? >> here we have a look outside. the numbers are mostly in the 60s in the bay area. livermore 63. san francisco just 59. at the airport at old mills field, sfo. santa rosa 59 de

they are showing it to you, where the bottleneck is, backed up toward that racetrack, golden gate fieldsown to this point. and then continuing toward the berkeley curve. we look at the map, you saw how slow it is there. some folks heading down toward the maze in oakland and the rest to of the east bay had to deal with that. also, berkeley back in full section today, a lot of faculty and students, of course, heading there for session. to the top of the screen, we have that richmond center fell bridge, the bay bridge in the middle of your screen again closed, the alternate to the north has been very busy, west 580, san raffaele site, showing traffic coming back up into the 50s, very tough through that area heading to 101, 101 itself okay south through san rafael and into the city. give you the maps, show the other alternates to the south, san mateo and dumbarton bridge, heavily traveled, moving smoothly right now, show you the foster city side of that san mateo bridge, folks off that high rise, packed in solid going back 10, 15 miles per hour on average much of the morning commute. right n

. >> reporter: yvette branderbrink is an auctioneer who grew up at racetracks and car sheds. she says she has rust in her blood. to anyone driving by, this probably looks like a highly organized junkyard. it is anything but. it is proof of an urban legend about a small town car dealer who closed his doors leaving years and years of unsold inventory. and if you're a car collector, this is a field of dreams. the dealer's name is ray lambricht. when ray came back from world war ii, ray and his wife mildred went into the car business. ray was a born salesman, but a conventional businessman he was not. >> after somebody bought a new vehicle, he would take the trade-in and drive it out to the farm or put it in a building and you couldn't buy it. you had to buy a new car. so he was a master at selling new chevrolets. >> reporter: people traveled from all over to buy a new chevy from ray. he sold a lot of cars. but after 50 years, the lambrichts were ready to retire. and what they've left behind will blow the minds of car collectors. >> it's alike being inside a time capsule. >> yes,

and fell it rocketed into first place and never looked back to win the third race of his career racetrack is a lot of fun to drive. very technical i think it could be a bit longer for sure maybe we can work that out in the future if we do a different a different one but even this one i like a lot i think overtaking was possible there's a lot of action on the track and i'm very happy of course to be to be doing that today around forty five thousand speak teeters walk to the moscow raceway circuit celebrating a year of success after being designed by f one architect harriman to keep it seemed as though everyone enjoyed what they saw including russia's first of a formula one driver to try to get through a series of my first time when i see the paddock i was in they got us my service to talk with the people. that are working here so it's fun. if you think it's was a great race today mike rockefeller claimed his second win of the competing at the inaugural russian stage increasing his lear were defending champion bruno spangler to twenty seven points and with just four races to go it seems lik

. >>> hit-and-run on the racetrack. a driver takes out the pit crew costing him the race. who is really to blame? >>> the reunion, the performances and the outfits. we have the good, the bad and the ugly, the very ugly, on the mtv video music awards. ♪ >>> good morning, everyone. we begin with the mounting crisis in syria pushing the u.s. one step closer to military action. >> as the u.n. weapons inspections team today heads to the site of an apparent chemical weapons attack, last week the u.s. was considering its military options. abc's devin dwyer has the very, and he has latest from washington. >> reporter: good morning, diana and john. that's right, u.s. officials are in the midst of urgent consultations over syria. there is a growing consensus something has to be done. as for when, one official told abc news, we're not talking about months. five days after these horrific scenes of dead women and children emerge from syria, u.n. inspectors plan to visit the site today to look for evidence of deadly poison and who may have used it. >> the team must be able to conduct a

really true to the period and to the way that they actually talked at the time she did love the racetrack she uses crazy. good luck got a bit of break with leno i know they're going to make a movie there was logical yeah it is but there were there was some talk about it but because of the way that this really is wrapped things up i think that that's probably not going to happen however there is really serious talk about doing a saw goodman spin off with the character that bob odenkirk plays and that sounds like it's about ninety five percent sure it was you he and. of all. there was somebody plans about your role. yeah there was some backlash and it had to do i think both with the change that the character went through but also i think there were some there were different components to it i think one of them was that people identified so much with walt as a character the downtrodden disappointed man who then rises up and becomes you know this guy who tells us boss to go to hell and tell us that the big bad you know sort of criminal and people it resonated with with a lot of people and so

we are currently using a leased facility that is on weekends a racetrack facility in west virginia. we use it five days a week. we can train approximately 2500 foreign service officers a year. the types of training not for dh tsa agents like on myself but for regular service officers. we give them high speed training and driving the vehicles, we give them training in basic firearms training. we expose them to explosives so that the first time that they hear a bomb going off, they can understand that if they have survived it, what their next responsibility ends. to deal with themselves and others. this level of training we have found through the years has definitely saved lives overseas and prepared our people to serve in the environments we are sending them. regretfully the 2300 people that i train per year does not come close and doesn't even meet the number of people that we have at our high-threat posts alone. we have a certain number of high-threat post where we can only give our people before our the four hour online course to say please take this course. so that the capacity o

. >>> shocking on the racetrack when a driver loses control. trapped him and engulfed in flames. how he walked away, racing in the same car just 30 minutes later. >>> and good morning, america. the crisis in syria continues to grow. so many developments right now, as that deadline looms for the u.n. inspectors to leave syria. there they are. they're heading from their hotel this morning, to a site near damascus, where one of the chemical attacks took place. >> they are expected to finish their work tomorrow in syria and leave the country on saturday. the u.n. secretary-general is saying the team needs time to finish its investigation. and this, of course, as the white house says it will brief members of congress later today on plans for a possible strike. we have full coverage from the middle east, to washington, starting with abc's jim avila at the white house. jim, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, elizabeth. it is a huge day here. as the obama administration makes its case to congress, the nation and the world, that a military attack on syria is justified. the pr

the racetrack. scale model indy cars. once a staple of the amusement world, they're now almost impossible to find. and now -- >> we'll be shutting our doors next friday. >> rising rents have made it impossible to stay awake. people are coming back for one last spin on the track. getting around this track in less than a minute takes quite a bit of traffic, but in only a few days before it closes for good, what have i got to lose? they'ren t not the smoothest ri no thanks to my driving, but those little cars can go. it's gotten expensive and it's also addictive. it's low-tech entertainment barrelling its way deeper into a high-tech world. >> i guess every kid has an ipad or game system at home. >> reporter: families scramble to cash in years' worth of tickets. >> reporter: how long have you been coming here? >> years ago. we were talking about birthday parties and that was 30 years ago. >> this is the first place they wanted to come when they got their driver's license because that would enable them to drive grand prix cars

. >>> tony stewart leaving the racetrack in an ambulance. one of the best drivers on the circuit.g news on his racing injury. we'll have that after the break. [ beeping ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we inspect, analyze and recondition each one, until it's nothing short of a genuine certified pre-owned... mercedes-benz for the next new owner. ♪ hurry in to your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for 1.99% financing during our certified pre-owned sales event through september 3rd. pre-owned sales event i'm bethand i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changing app from ink. we didn't get into business to spend time managing receipts, that's why we have ink. we like being in business because we like being creative, we like interacting with people. so you have time to focus on the things you love. ink from chase. so you can. ♪ ♪ i've got something for you too

we are currently using a leased facility that is on weekends a racetrack facility in west virginia. we use it five days a week. we can train approximately 2500 foreign service officers a year. the types of training not for dh tsa agents like on myself but for regular service officers. we give them high speed training and driving the vehicles, we give them training in basic firearms training. we expose them to explosives so that the first time that they hear a bomb going off, they can understand that if they have survived it, what their next responsibility ends. to deal with themselves and others. this level of training we have found through the years has definitely saved lives overseas and prepared our people to serve in the environments we are sending them. regretfully the 2300 people that i train per year does not come close and doesn't even meet the number of people that we have at our high-threat posts alone. we have a certain number of high-threat post where we can only give our people before our the four hour online course to say please take this course. so that the capacity o

it's a racetrack in virginia, where the american version has begun in a big way.t bull run and may be coming to a town near you. >> can't wait, i'm excited. crazy adrenaline rush. >> when they come out, i don't know what to do. ran straight, turn around and ran into people. >> adventure speakers are signing up in atlanta, houston, dallas, chicago and other cities. >> everybody is going to see this, i can do that, run with the bulls, it's going to take off nationwide. >> that's not without controversy. even the organizers recognize it's dangerous. two runners are recovering from injuries even though it's safer than spain. they use fences to help them dodge the rampaging animals. bull running, the latest extreme sport to enjoy a spike in popularity. despite the risk, or because of it. now some people object to the treatment of the animals, saying it puts both people and the animals at unnecessary risk. bianna and dan, i don't know if i would do it, what do you think? >> i've said in the past, this should stay in spain. not a tradition i think belongs here. definitel

. >> at the center is the racetrack.hree quarter scale model indy cards with top speed of 40 miles an hour. once a staple of the amusement world, they are now almost impossible to find. >> we will be shutting our doors sunday. >> rising rents and costs have caused them to close. >> getting around the track in less than a minute takes quite a bit of practice. only a few days left before they close for good so what do i have to lose? >> should i put this down? >> all all the way down. >> not the smoothest ride, but they can go. malibu grand prix maintains them on site. it's gotten expensive, and also addict i have. it's low tech entertainment barreling its way deeper into a electronic world. even the prizes have gone high-tech as families scramble to cash in years of tickets. >> how long have you been coming here? >> all my life. birthday parties at 7 or 8, like 30 years ago. >> they couldn't wait to get their driver's license this was the first place they wanted to come because that enabled them to drive the grand prix ca

. >> at the center is the racetrack.hree-quarter scale model indy cars with a top speed of 40 miles an hour. once a staple of the amusement world, they are now almost impossible to find. >> we will be shutting our doors sunday. >> rising rents and costs have made it impossible to stay open. as word got out, many came back for one last trip around the track. >> getting around the track in less than a minute takes quite a bit of practice. only a few days left before they close for good, so what do i have to lose? >> should i put this down? >> all the way down. >> not the smoothest ride, but they can go. malibu grand prix maintains them on site. it's gotten expensive, and also addictive. >> do one more. it's low-tech entertainment barreling its way deeper into a high-tech world. >> i guess every kid has an ipod ortiz i-phone or gaming system at home. even the prizes have gone high-tech as families scramble to cash in years of tickets. >> how long have you been coming here? >> all my life. king aboutlife. birthday parties we

it's chance for several servicemen and women who have gone through traumatic vents to come to the racetrackce weekend. on the third day we come back and we take them for rides in the race car at full speed. my goal with the veterans is when they get done with the experience, leave the program and feel like they can stand a little straighter and walk a little prouder. >> freaking rocked. >> good time. >> somebody to put our arm around their shoulder and show them the way. join the movement. impact your world. cnn.com/impact. >>> japan's government is fed up with radioactive water leaking and said the operator of the plant is playing a game of whack a mole. how will they stop the toxic water from leaking? you have time to shop for car insurance today? yeah. i heard about progressive's "name your price" tool? i guess you can tell them how much you want to pay and it gives you a range of options to choose from. huh? i'm looking at it right now. oh, yeah? yeah. what's the... guest room situation? the "name your price" tool, making the world a little more progressive. ♪ the middle of this special

the car overturns on its side at the racetrack in pennsylvania.n people try to lift it on to its wheels. again, the driver managed to get out okay, but you can see the flames there. he reportedly says he would only get $300 had he won this race. wow. i'm harris faulkner. this is the "fox report." president obama says the u.s. has concluded the syrian government used chemical weapons on its own people, but he has not decided how to respond. iniran's supreme leader is warning any attack on syria could cause chaos for the entire middle east including israel. "waging war is like a spark in a gunpowder store, its dimensions and consequences can't be predicted." jennifer griffin live with the latest. jennifer, what's the latest? >> defense secretary chuck hagel will return late friday. u.s. army ships are standing by. the finalling of the strike rests with the diplomats and the white house. >> we believe it's too late for the u.n. inspections to be credible given the mass shelling that the regime has done in the affected areas. we'll make our own decisi

. >>> hit-and-run on the racetrack. a driver takes out the pit crew costing him the race.ave the good, the bad and the ugly, the very ugly, on the mtv video music awards. ♪ >>> good morning, ever

it's a racetrack in virginia, where the american version has begun in a big way.ll run and may be coming to a town near you. >> i can't wait to be a part of it. i'm superexcited. i'm sure it's a crazy adrenaline rush. >> oh, man, i tell you what. when the bulls came out, i don't know what to do. i ran straight, turned around, and ran into people. >> reporter: adventure seekers are signing up for upcoming events in atlanta, houston, dallas, chicago, and other cities. >> everybody is going to see this and say, you know what? i can do that, too. run with the bulls. it's going the take off nationwide. >> reporter: but that's not without controversy. even the organizers recognize that bull-running is inherently dangerous. this morning, two runners are recovering from minor injuries, that is despite the efforts to make the track safer than the narrow streets of spain. they use fences to help them dodge the rampaging animals. bull running, the latest extreme sport to enjoy a spike in popularity. despite the risk, or because of it. now some people object to the treatment

those people were losing their paychecks in atlantic city, in delaware at the racetracks, or in west "so why not lose it here?" is what you're saying. >> well, if they're gonna lose it anyway, let's get the upside. we were getting all the downside and none of the upside. >> the upside, he says, is the $1 billion the state got in gambling revenue in 2010, which was used to provide a $200-a-home property tax reduction plus more relief for senior citizens. >> people have been gambling since organized society was formed on the banks of the tigris and euphrates. they were gambling. and they will gamble as long as there is life on this planet. and that's a fact. >> no one's saying that people can't gamble. this is about government using gambling to prey on human weakness for profit. >> les bernal is head of the national organization stop predatory gambling. he and massachusetts state senator sue tucker have been fighting a move to bring casinos and slot parlors to the bay state. >> we're in the worst economic crisis since the great depression, and the daily voice of government to most amer

a local businessman actually hatched the idea for the racetrack.e thought it would be a good place to test out and promote new cars from indiana's budding auto industry. crews initially built this two and a half mile loop. using a mixture of crushed rock and tar. and would you look at the vehicles. the rough surface triggered some deadly crashes in the opening event. workers would soon replace the broken asphalt with bricks. and the short distance races would eventually grow into a 500-mile high speed endurance event. gentlemen first started their engines 104 years ago today. and now you know the news, for this monday, august the 19th, 2013. i'm shepard smith. we're all back tomorrow for "studio b," 3:00 eastern, 2:00 in oxford. and back here for "the fox report" tomorrow night right before the factor gets cranked up. which it will in just four seconds. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: warfare breaking out in major league baseball as suspected cheater alex rodriguez is beamed by a boston red sox pitcher. >> this controversy is about to

. >>> fire on the racetrack. a driver loses control of a car, up in flames. how the driver walked away and raced in the same car just 30 minutes later. how does that work? >>> this is a fox news alert. new statements from the white house on the mass killing of innocent civilians in syria. as the administration appears to be pulling back from suggestions that military action is imminent. it's a brand new hour of "america live." i'm shannon bream in for megyn kelly. the white house saying regardless of any new evidence collected by u.n. inspectors on the ground in syria right now, the president is certain the assad regime is behind the deadly gassing of its own people. and the administration is working on an intelligence report that will say just that. here's white house deputy press secretary, josh ernest. >>> separate from the conversation they're having today, we have discussed our commitment to producing for you and for the american public to review, an unclassified version of an intelligence assessment about the assad regime's use of chemical weapons in sy

again, the commute direction coming out of richmond and past the racetrack.ow through oakland, earlier crash still slow in that area, peninsula west 92, an issue getting off the bridge toward 101, marla. >> back with our next local news update at 10:26. ♪ [ hero mom ] oh, yeah. we're gettin' cereal. 'cause over 40 general mills cereals are 130 calories or less per serving. just look for the g. boom! that's how nutrition is done, people. [ laughs ] ♪ [ female announcer ] hey ladies. you love it. you've got to have it. cinnamon toast crunch, 'cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. everybody craves those crazy squares.® >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> it is booze day tuesday, amazing how it comes after fun day monday. looks like it's going to be a wet one. >> it's raining. but we're happy inside studio 1a, because three days and counting. ♪ do you know what that means? three days until we celebrate kathie lee's big birthday. not a little birthday. a big one. all we

organizers at the baltimore grand prix want you to know as construction begins on the world class racetracke track built this year will minimize the impact on motorists downtown and the event which is more than a month away lasts a full week. >> make sure everyone who comes from the race walks away saying that was worth every cent. so we are making sure we pack in all of the entertainment option and the risk options whether you are a fan of of live music we are going to have all of that. >> the scheduled events how to buy tickets head to the web site wbal-tv.com. the first phase in two-year effort has been completed. you will notice the changes just as soon as you walk through the door. 11 news reporter rob roblin takes us inside. oo when you walk into the stadium at gate a you will see a big difference. the first phase of the $35 million investment to enhance the stadium began the day after last year's super bowl parade. >> the brick columns were the first items from the stadium. we wanted to add dynamic lighting the experience of the purple. you couldn't paint some of the structure. it is

a chance for several search men and women who have gone through traumatic events to come to the racetrack. and then on the third day we come back and we take them for rides in the race cars at full speed. my goal with our veterans when they get done with the experience, leave the program and feel like they can stand a little straighter, walk a little prouder, and help them to reintegrate stateside. they need someone to show them the way. join the movement, impact your world, cnn.com/impact. >> love those pieces. impact your world. >> all right, that was a great message there. >>> coming up on "new day," we have the exclusive. he is lucky to be alive. we're going to hear from the florida fisherman who survived by treading water for almost 24 hours. think about that, out in the open water, no life vest when he fell off his fishing boat. how did he do it, he'll tell us himself. >>> and this guy won't hassle the hoff. the real-life knight rider who's built his own kit, but can it talk? you have time to shop for car insurance today? yeah. i heard about progressive's "name your price" tool? i g

terrifying moments at the racetrack, and it's all caught on camera. ♪ [ male announcer ] even ragu usersu traditional. prego?! but i buy ragu. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made. [ pop muzak plays ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. [ sigh of relief ] everybody has different ideas, goals, appetite for risk. you can't say 'one size fits all'. it doesn't. that's crazy. we're all totally different. ishares core. find out why 9 out of 10your large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus, which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. made gluten-free cereals in a bunch of yummy flavors. like cinnamon chex, honey nut chex, and chocolate chex... we're in cereal heaven. so thanks. from the mcgregors, 'cause we love chex. so thanks. from the mcgregors, you need a girls' weekend and you need it now. ladies, let's goo vegas. cute! waiter! girls' weekend here

backup on the map, a slower drive still but recover for speeds, jammed past the racetrack and approachinga lot of folks. >> a lot to lighter now. thanks so much. be back at 10:26 with our next news and weather update. [ mom ] in my family, we're big cereal lovers. so we just look for this g. 'cause general mills makes over 40 yummy flavors that are 130 calories or less per serving. and they're packed with vitamins and minerals. from lucky charms to cheerios. over 40 cereals. 130 calories or less. [ laughs ] ♪ [ female announcer ] hey ladies. you love it. you've got to have it. cinnamon toast crunch, 'cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. everybody craves those crazy squares.® >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> oh, yes! thirsty thursday, august -- it's just winding down. it's the 29th today. it's a very big day around here because one of our producers, and we love. you hear that really annoying laugh. >> people ask, who is laughing? who is laughing? >> we love our kate cook. >> one of the b